Mom, Weddings And 'Sambal Telur'

While preparing lunch packs for hubby and my little angel this morning, somehow my mind was recalling some memories related to eggs, and this means weddings, at Malay weddings the host will give hardboiled eggs to the guests as a gesture of thanks.

Mom would drag us to weddings many a time in my younger life, this is not an outing that I like so much, attending a wedding with mom normally take at least a quarter of the day. From the moment we get dressed, she will be reminding us to behave when we are in front of the other guest, and that we do not shamed her with our attics.

Attending weddings means sitting politely on the wooden benches, while eating slowly and not as though there is no tomorrow. When the sound of the ‘kompang’ starts, we are not to run around so eager to see the blushing bride with her chili pepper lips color, and face painted like white faced monkeys, waiting for her groom who is attired like the historical Malay warrior (oh what a sight).

I don’t know how, but we normally take home a lot of eggs, as well as packed food given by the host. Mom will keep all these eggs to cook her famous ‘sambal telur’ for lunch the next day. Come to think of it, yeah this is the only moment that I often wait for eagerly after attending any weddings with mom. Her ‘sambal telur’ is simply delicious.

The weddings are normally crowded as the whole village will be attending, so the invitation is always for the whole day. The earlier you come the better, as you will be served with fresh hot cooked food, then you just hang around waiting for the groom to arrive.

Mom, weddings and ‘sambal telur’ …………………………………………